Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 3 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma on Thu, May 28, 2015, 12:13 PM CDT (17:13 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-05-28 17:13:17 UTC
Depth
5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.793° N, 97.765° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
39°
Stations used
0

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.62 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.72 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 3.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 12
  6. 1.85 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 1.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.54 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 3.2Kansas · 4140 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
  11. 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.55 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.1Kansas · 4139 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 2.211 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.75 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 3.19 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.04 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 2.14 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.06 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.710 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.83 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 2.55 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.54 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 3.05 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4137 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  39. 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4137 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 1.74 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4137 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 3.06 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 3.05 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  43. 3.03 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 7
  45. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 2.96 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 2.810 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  48. 2.66 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 2.86 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.89 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 2.52 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.210 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 1.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 2.912 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4135 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 2.64 km S of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4135 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 2.010 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.56 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 2.52 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.57 km S of Meno, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.59 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 37
  6. 1.83 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.58 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.57 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.14 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.07 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.5Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 3.02 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.03 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.63 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 3.02 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.66 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.53 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4145 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002k5j. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC.